Sandpipers & Snipes in Spain
Our list for Spain has 31 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 summer visitor, 18 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Spain in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 31, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made